Student events

A talk by Tim Arnold and Simon Chorzelski (MPP 2013) from the Boston Consulting Group. They were joined by Matthias Kaspers (Class of 2017) who is a former Visiting Associate with BCG and a member of their Fast Forward Program.

Presentation by Mareike Klein (Associate Professor of EU and International Politics at the LSE’s European Institute).

Hertie Alumna Florien Kruse (MPP 2015) talked about her work as a research trainee with Eurofound in Dublin. She igave advice on the application process and shared her personal experience of the added benefit (career-wise) of doing a traineeship at an EU agency like Eurofound.

3-day-conference organised by the Young Polish International Network (YPIN) and Tönissteiner Kreis e.V.with Ricardo Giucci (Berlin Economics), H.E. Jerzy Marganski (Ambassador of the Republic of Poland in Germany), H.E. Rolf Nikel (Ambassador of Germany in Poland), Kyryl Savin (Deutsche Welle), Iryna Solonenko (German Council on Foreign Relations, DGAP), and Svitlana Zalishchuk (Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada), among others.

An initiative of the Hertie School Alumni Network.

A talk by Pierre Dyens and Victoria Francisco from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) about ADB's strategic overview and talent needs.

The journalists Samuel Loewenberg and Amy Maxmen presented and discussed aspects of their current work on global health, Ebola and the refugee crisis, followed by an open Q&A session.

From 5-7 June, the 4th Executive Alumni Retreat took place at scenic Lychensee in Brandenburg. Alumni travelled to the retreat from as far as Belgium, Czech Republic, Estonia, Kenya, Switzerland, the Netherlands, the UK and from all over Germany to reunite with their former Executive MPA classmates.

From Friday, 24 April, to Sunday, 26 April, we celebrated the MPP alumni reunion 2015. Alumni networked with the Hertie School community, renewed friendships, attended great panels and mini-courses and reconnected with former classmates.

A talk by Sina Übelacker (KPMG and MPP 2011) and Ferdinand Schuster (Institut für den öffentlichen Sektor).

A talk by Volker Holtfrerich (BDEW).

A talk by Florian Hoffmann (The Do School).

A talk by Quirin Maderspacher (MPP 2013) and Julius Wersig (MPP 2014).